From the Collection: the Pruyn Brashear Equatorial Telescope

With the recent announcement that Dudley will be building an observatory, it seems like a good time to introduce the piece that will be at the heart of that observatory: the Pruyn Brashear Equitorial.  After all, an observatory isn’t much use without a telescope. The Pruyn is a refracting telescope, which means it is exactly…

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